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[quote=Anonymous]That's not for the government to decide. That's for the market to decide. SFHs get so much subsidy from the town (at the expense of renters and apartments). End that, and see what is "commercially viable".[/quote]

Planning and zoning decisions must balance numerous competing priorities such as school capacity, infrastructure, market demand, environmental impacts, historic preservation, revenue impacts, public health, and overall quality of life concerns. Developers only care about making money; They will not consider the negative externalities of their decisions without guardrails to encourage sustainable and fiscally responsible growth.

There are many subsidies for both single-family and multifamily housing. The housing market is not a situation where you sell trinkets, and the market will generally function efficiently. The housing market is more akin to the healthcare industry due to layers of regulation, safety standards, and land use restrictions. Some of these rules are reasonable and some of them may not be reasonable. There is room for improvement and it may be justified to relax some zoning restrictions. However, this argument that the market will solve everything is disingenuous. YIMBYs have become the left-leaning corollary to the conservatives who are convinced that free markets will fix all in the healthcare industry. Both groups have a large number of useful idiots who are being funded/manipulated by wealthy special interest groups. [/quote]

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